Minor Earthquake Early This Morning.

A few calls this morning from Dayton Mountain, Tellico Plains, Athens, and Turtletown reporting the early morning earthquake that "Sounded like a big truck" and "Lasted for about 30 to 40 seconds". In many cases a quake isn't audible unless it's magnitude is over 4, but I suppose underlying rock layers could make the difference in this case. Anyway here are the details:

3.3 (Minor)
Date-Time
Monday, December 18, 2006 at 08:34:27 (UTC)= Coordinated Universal Time
Monday, December 18, 2006 at 3:34:27 AM = local time at epicenter
Location
35.360°N, 84.350°W
Depth
17.4 km (10.8 miles)
Region
EASTERN TENNESSEE
Distances
5 km (3 miles) W (261°) from Tellico Plains, TN
14 km (9 miles) ESE (121°) from Englewood, TN
17 km (10 miles) ENE (78°) from Etowah, TN
52 km (32 miles) ENE (66°) from Cleveland, TN
77 km (48 miles) SSW (209°) from Knoxville, TN
178 km (111 miles) N (2°) from Atlanta, GA

The forecast gets cooler after another very warm day today. And by Thursday and Friday we should see some soaking rainfall.

Today: Mostly Sunny and Warm. Light south wind. High: 70

Tonight: Fair skies with patchy fog late. Calm wind. Low: 43

Tuesday: Partly cloudy and mild. SW wind 5 to 10 mph. High: 66 Low: 37

Wednesday: Partly cloudy. High: 59 Low: 40

Thursday: Rainy and cool. High: 56 Low: 43

Friday: Rainy and cool. High: 53 Low: 43